Finexis

Saturday:

Woke up slightly later than usual due to yesterday night activities... suffering from a slight headache, guessed it must have been hangover from too much alcohol the night before.

Agreed to meet Kelvin for lunch at 12 at Bugis, a buddy whom I knew during Army. He had agreed to do some financial planning review for me without forcing me to purchase any of the plans... =) We had our lunch at Food court before proceeding to his office. It was only then when I realized the location of Finexis building... The building had a gothic design with towering statues at strategic places and the lobby looks extremely majestic, (The building where 双天自尊 was filmed). We spoke for quite long... hmm about 1 1/2 hours cos he did a detailed review for me.

Decided to take a short walk at Sim Lim Square after the talk... walk around to kill time before heading home. =)

Scarlet Hotel

Last Friday was sort of different as compared to the past few. The afternoon passed painfully slow and I had to settle some financial loans with the Bank. There were some small issues and my colleagues were kind enough to help me and provided me with their opinions.

The project Manager of our team organised a dinner with the DBS team. It was scheduled at 7pm and the venue was Scarlet Hotel. When we reached there, the hotel wasn't what I expected it to be. I was expecting a sleazy place but it turns out to be an elegant boutique hotel. The place was lavishly decorated with a Scarlet/Red theme and furbished with epicurean furnitures. Seems like my buddy really like the place. As there wasn't enough sofas, I had to share with him. All was good until we were told to mingle and interact with the DBS staffs.

My boss told me to grasp the opportunity to know these people better to widen my network which could be useful in my career path. Thus, I relayed the message to my Buddy. However, its really awkard to communicate with them considering that they are my clients and there wasn't any common topic that I could think of. Hmm, I'm just not witty enough to hold a conversation with them. Moreover, I never really enjoyed social functions like these.

I dun really like to entertain these people cos I have to drink. I guessed I drank abit too fast on an empty stomache. The dinner was in the form of finger foods and wasn't really filling. Ivan was busy talking to the girls and the rest, Tin was entertaining the DBS people and I did not want to talk to Robin and Derrick. I was kinda lonely so I just kept quiet, enjoying the music and the atmosphere.

It was around 9 plus when we decided to make a move. They suggested catching a movie so we shared cabs to catch a late night movie at Cineleisure. We bought tickets for the 11.30pm show, titled "Must Love Dogs". (Fag Derrick still owe me the change for the movie tix) It was still early so the group decided to find a place for drinks. However, its tough to find seats for a group of 7. By the time we managed to get a place at NYDC, it was already 11pm.

The movie was great. We parted after the movie in 3 different cabs. Ivan, me, Esther and Claudia shared a cab home and thus we send the gers home first.

Clubbing

A week has passed, not a memorable one though. To be more precise, many unhappy incidents at the work place had made working really unpleasant. The work load is still mangeable, but some of the colleagues are creating additional stress on me. There is this fag that behaves totally like a auntie and likes to probe into other people's business. Life was so much better with only 4 of us before the Fag joined the team. The only good thing about my current job is that I have a great boss who happens to be a good old fren that really cares for me, and I have a great buddy working along with me. A friend whom I really... really treasure. =)

Went back to school in the afternoon with Ivan to collect our graduation cert. We took a 2 hours off after lunch. The trip back to Boon Lay was totally draining my energy... sadly we still have to return to the office. How I wish I can go back to studies... =(

Just when I thought life couldn't get any worse, the supposedly cancelled outing for tonight was scheduled into a drinking session. (Organised by a love-struck ger in the office who is making me paranoid). Haiz... We went to one of the pubs, "Equator Pub" located at Tanjong Pagar. Surprisingly, the drinking session turned out to be enjoyable. I had a really great time and it can be considered one of the best among all my clubbing trips. The mood, company and setting was all great. I was slightly high with the whisky in my blood, oblivious to the company of the bothersome duo (fag and feo). Being the first time going to the pub with my Buddy and to be able to hear him sing in public was probably the Best thing about the outing. Hee hee... =Þ

All was great until the trip back home. There were 5 of us and we had some slight issues regarding the splitting of cabs. Damn retards can't give ideas ended up me pissing my buddy, Its upsetting to end the night with a bad note. Haiz... Fortunately, everything was fine and the hilarious thing was the dumb feos mistaken that Ivan was interested in one of them and wanted to send her back home. Bwahahaha...

Really wish to write in details but getting dopey. Time to sleep... Zzz

Problem(s)

Been working till quite late these few days, the whole team is trying to complete the documentation as the deadline for the sign-off is next week. On top of the work load and stress coming from the project... there exists gay problems in the work place. Some things can never be foreseen. Haiz...

Weekend has finally arrived. Always looking forward to friday, cos there is this 2 days of rest awaiting me. =) Went to the Food Court at Cineleisure for dinner with my buddy before going to Coffee Bean at Paragon for drinks. We each ordered a cup of "White Chocolate Dream" =) If only everyday can be days like this...

Left at 2130 hrs.

United Square

Short day at work today... the whole team left for OUB Center at around 3pm to attend "Risk Management" training. Once again back to the 55th floor of OUB Center, a great working place with an awesome view of Singapore. =)

The training ended around 6pm. Had dinner with Ivan at United Square's food court before settling for coffee at Spinnelli. Ordered a cup of Cookie Spin... yummy =D

National Day

Its National Day today (40th Birthday), finally a day of break/rest from the usual working routine.

Didn't really stay at home and rest though, woke up very early and meet my boss at Tanjong Pagar before he drove me to East Coast Park for wind-surfing. Today's weather is simply wonderful... Great sun, strong wind, bikini babes... just splendid. =Þ There is also a huge sand castle display along the beach, its to celebrate National Day I guess. =)

Din surf much, at most 2 hours but ended up with cuts everywhere. Instead, I spent hours sitting alone at one of the huts, enjoying the wind and scenery. The wind was very strong yet soothing. Its really a rare chance to relax there, just lazing around trying to settle the thoughts in my head, waiting for a call that never come...

I'm totally exhausted in the evening but still went for a drink with Guan Aik at one of the pubs "Duxton Blue" along Tanjong Pagar... The ladies inside tried to get fresh with me, and even tried to psycho me to buy them drinks and go for supper later... Treat him for the night as a token of gratitude for offering me the job.

I was very thirsty and was gulping down the beer like soft drink. Really regretted it, feeling slightly drunk when I made my way home with burning red skin and blood shot eyes. Worst was that the train is jam-packed with people, I was so uncomfortable in the train that I had to squat down.

Damn tired now, tomorrow still gotta work... hopefully will not have any hang-over...

Lousy Weekend

A beautiful weekend yet vexing for me. Somehow, the time seems to pass by too slowly. Most probably I'm in a lousy mood... Had a minor hiccup with my buddy yesterday. Though he assured me that its over, I still feel bad over what happened... with the incident haunting me, tormenting me every second. Think its better that I keep everything to myself from now onwards...

I'm really glad that Hao Xin jio me out for movie today together with Victor. Though I'm not really in the mood but at least it helps to kill time, and having his company helps to distract my mind. Received a World of Warcraft 7-Day Trial disc when we bought the popcorn, shall install and try the game later. Received a call from Guo Wei jioing me to play tennis while I was in the cinema.

After the movie, I accompanied HX to Harbour Front as he needs to go down to Cannon Customer Service to help his friend collect some stuffs. Had a walk around Harbour Front before we settled down for coffee at Starbucks. Hmm, there are many new stores there now. Passed by a pet shop and I went in to take a look. Was looking at the hamsters' tank and came upon this particular 'batch' of hamsters all squeezed in a plastic container. Its really cute.

There is also this amazingly huge store called "Big" that sells a wide range of household products... you can find almost anything you want there. From the store, can get to see the view of Sentosa which is directly opposite.

Made me feel better as I glanced over to the island opposite... made me feel like I'm at the beach, a place that I like to hang out when I'm bothered... ...

Fish & Co

Yippee, my first pay from my first job since I graduated. It feels really great to be finally financial independent.

Had lunch at Cafe Cartel at City Hall cos we accompanied Tin to exchange her Espirit bag. she treated us for lunch, man the chicken taste really good and the serving is extremely big...

Had dinner with my buddy at Dhoby Ghaut's Fish & Co, treated him to dinner since I had my first pay. =) Walked around Plaza Singapura after the meal. Great Day! =)

Best Day...

August 2nd 2005 is an eventful day... Currently formatting my latop as I'm typing this post... so tired, shall go to bed once the formatting is done and leave the installation to tomorrow.

Nose bled early in the morning while I was having breakfast at Coffee Bean.

Made a fool of myself at the office in the afternoon. Ivan and me went to look for Esther (we guessed she is one of the SA in the department that we are working at) to borrow Visual Studio 2003 installation disc. As she asked for the name of the discs (expecting her to know what disc we wanted since we already told her), I replied "Huh, my name is Yuan Sheng" ... crap. I'm pretty sure they must be laughing behind my back after this incident.

Got to know *someone* even better today... Really make my day, not because of the stuffs that were said, but because the topic that was involved. Makes me feel really appreciated. =)